19 JAN 1952
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By HENRY R. LIEBERMAN
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
referred to Formosa as the "cita-
HONG KONG, Jan. 18-The steadily during the past several An editorial appearing in the Chinese Communist radio in Can-weeks.
review's Jan. 10 issue spoke fa- ton hurled a salvo of sharp threats The five broadcasters, four oforably of Chiang Kai-shek and at this British colony tonight in a whom addressed the Cantonese- and declared that it "must broadcast in which five deported speaking Chinese here in Man-remain so until Peking [Peiping] "cultural workers" declared one darin, formerly worked in Hongan be made to adopt a more con- after another that Hong Kong be- Kong movie studios. They were ciliatory longed to Red China. The "cul- among eleven persons banished course." tural workers" boasted that they from the colony on Jan. 10 for would soon be back to settle ac-alleged subversive activity among counts with the "ractionaries" in cultural groups, labor unions and Hong Kong.
Chinese squatters.
and less aggressive
"Chiang Kai-shek, not so long, contempt a general who had lost go, was treated with ill-concealed: all his battles and had permitted, or otherwise been unable to pre- The one-hour Canton broadcast, They charged that the British yent, the spread of graft and cor- which had been advertised in ad-authorities were "maliciously deny-ruption," the editorial said.
"Today his prestige is recover- vance here by the Communist-ing the right of freedom" to the ing and he is now looked upon as controlled newspaper Ta Kung Chinese and called on the pre-an ally of considerable value.” Pao, followed on the heels of dominantly Chinese population Prime Minister Churchill's assur- here "not to be afraid of British |ance to Congress that British and persecution."
American policy in the Far East
"Hong Kong is part of Chinese would henceforth be marked by territory," said playwright Sze increasing harmony. Propaganda Ma Wen-sen. "We shall return! agitation by Left-wing groups in soon to eliminate all reactionary 'Hong Kong has been building up elements."
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"We shall return and the day is not too distant," echoed actor Liu Chiung. He charged that Hong Kong had become a “haven for re- actionaries" and "no place for law abiding citizens with patriotic spirit."
"Do not be afraid of British persecution," actress Ti Fan told the Hong Kong Chinese. "The 560,- 000,000 people of China are behind, you."
Actor Shu Shih and movie work- er Mao Kuo Liang, the only one of the group who spoke in Cantonese, advanced the same line.
Shu Shih called on the Peiping Government to take "effective measures" and warned the British. to beware of the "iron fist of the people of China."
This propaganda barrage was. preceded earlier today by two de- velopments related to Hong Kong's internal security:
1. The Hong Kong Government
promulgated an order in council' scheduled to pave the way grad- ually to the resettlement of about 300,000 Chinese squatters. Recently the Communists have been taking an especially lively interest in the squatters' prob- lem here.
2. Meanwhile, thirty-eight repre- sentatives of the local Chinese trade unions called on Labor Commissioner B. C. K. Hawkins to discuss the questions of union recognition. Mr. Hawkins called the meeting to an end when the trolley workers' representative accused him of violating the colony's labor laws.
The old Left-Wing trolley work- rs union lost its standing follow ing a strike that was suppressed by police action about two years ago. All indications are that the Communists are now seeking to regain their previous influence jamong the transport workers by pressing the issue of collective bargaining.
Mr. Churchill's visit to the United States and the increasing Communist agitation on Hong Kong have been accompanied by A striking change in the editorial line of the Far Eastern Economic Review which is sponsored by Buch British commercial stalwarts as the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
The publication added: "Taipei [the capital of the Chiang regime in Formosa] may have a future that depends on the de- velopment of international events this year, and later."
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